It's also the number of bills that Gov. Jerry Brown must dispatch, on average, each and every day during the 21 days he has left to contemplate the handiwork of the now departed California Legislature.

The governor announced later Friday that he would sign two measures Saturday afternoon at a Capitol rally, sponsored by the North American Punjabi Association, honoring victims of the shooting last month at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc.

Assembly Bill 1964, by Democrat Mariko Yamada, adds a religious dress or grooming practice as an observance covered by the state's anti-discrimination laws.

Senate Bill 1540 by Democrat Loni Hancock -- which Sikh groups, the Korea Academy for Educators, state schools chief Tom Torlakson and others supported -- calls for the State Board of Education to consider, by June 30, 2014, adopting a revised curriculum framework for history and social science.

That left, oh, about 700 bills to go.

The Bee's Capitol Bureau took a look Sunday at a few of those pending proposals, which range from pension reform to retirement savings, and from a lumber tax to health insurance plans. Find it at the Capitol and California page.